Uncertainty: Only one mathematical approach to its evaluation and expression?

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2167-2178

  Ferrero, Alessandro ^a   Salicone, Simona ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evidence; measurement fundamentals; metrology; possibility; probability; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE; GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENTS; ITS EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL APPROACH; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; POSSIBILITY; STANDARD DOCUMENTS; THEORY OF EVIDENCE; UNCERTAINTY;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENTS; PROBABILITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863990090     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2012.2193698     Document Type: Article

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